Occupy Wall Street: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	OWS
Date	September 17, 2011 - November 15, 2011 (Anniversary in 2 days)
Location	New York • New York City • United States
Context	financial crisis of 2007–08 • Great Recession

Photos and Videos

A man in sunglasses and a turquoise tank top shouts and points at an Occupy Wall Street protest, surrounded by demonstrators holding signs including one reading We are the 99 percent.

A woman walks between tents at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park, New York City, with a sign reading abolish war profits in the foreground.

A large crowd of Occupy Wall Street protesters marches down a city street in New York, holding a banner reading Occupy Wall St and carrying signs and flags.

Occupy Wall Street: “Arrest the bankers!”

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